You said — “A fishing boat dragged a net across it, or it was an anchor drag. Just like many, if not most other cable breaks.”
Now, what article were you referencing when you said that. Since this article says that there was *no ship traffic* at the time of the disruption, I conclude that you’re reading a different article.
Could you please provide us with that article — which of course, would tell us why the cameras did not record any ship traffic at the time of the disruption (that is, would take into account that Egypt has already said it wasn’t ship traffic, and thus they would explain why it was ship traffic that didn’t show up...).
I would definitely be enlightened... :-)
Regards,
Star Traveler
“Egypt has already said it wasn’t ship traffic”
You presume that Egyptians are credible in anything that they say. They aren’t.
They cut corners, they lie, they blame every societal ill, every policy mis-step on Israel, or some conspiracy.
Most cable breaks are because somebody in a boat did something they weren’t supposed to do, or some poor design flaw (failure to bury the cable in the silt, or mis-specifying the forces the cable is subjected to, for example).
So Egypt says it was sabotage (that is what I believe they are implying) because they are unwilling to admit to their own failures - failure to enforce maritime rules on where it is safe to weigh anchor, or cast bottom-dragging nets.... it’s classic Arab victim behavior. Arabs lie, and blame Israel, the US or some other Zionist saboteur.
Maybe it just broke....that does happen sometimes.
I look for the simple explanation (a boat did something it wasn’t supposed to do) before I am willing to accept conspiracies. It is much easier for me to believe Egyptian government authorities will lie about a boat dragging anchor across the cable, than it is for me to believe that Israel picked this week to deny Egyptian men their porn downloads.